11:07 PM,
Jan. 16, 2013

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Anything other than a blowout victory against the team picked to finish last in the Big East preseason coaches poll had the potential to raise as many red flags about the Rutgers women's basketball team as collectively surfaced during the three straight losses to open conference play.

But, after the first seven minutes of action Wednesday night, it was clear that short-handed Providence was in need of a white flag as it could not stop the dormant Rutgers' offense from coming to life during an 87-61 victory in front of 1,058 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.